Saint-Maurice (Lower Canada)

Saint-Maurice (Lower Canada)

Infobox Canada electoral district
name = Saint-Maurice
province = Lower Canada
prov-status = defunct
prov-created = 1792
prov-abolished = 1838
prov-election-first = 1792
prov-election-last = 1836

Under the Constitutional Act of 1791, the district of Saint-Maurice was established. Its boundaries, which roughly covered the current Mauricie area except for the city of Trois-Rivières, were reduced when the district of Champlain was created in 1829. [ [http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/en/history_electoral_map.asp History of the electoral map of Québec, Chief Electoral Officer of Québec] .]

Saint-Maurice was represented simultaneoulsy by two Members at the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada.

Members for Saint-Maurice (1792-1838)

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Name
Party
Election [By-elections are indicated with "Italic font".]

Thomas CoffinTory Party1792
Thomas CoffinTory Party1796
Thomas CoffinTory Party1800
David MonroTory Party1804
Thomas Coffin [Coffin dropped from the 1809 election.] Tory Party1808
Louis GugyTory Party1809
François CaronParti Canadien1810
Joseph-Rémi Vallières de Saint-Réal [Vallières lost the 1816 election.] Parti Canadien1814
Louis Gugy [Gugy resigned in 1818 to become a Legislative Councillor.] Tory Party1816
"Pierre Bureau""Parti Canadien""1819"
Pierre BureauParti CanadienSpring 1820
Pierre BureauParti CanadienSummer 1820
Pierre BureauParti Canadien1824
Pierre BureauParti Canadien1827
Pierre BureauParti Canadien1830
Pierre BureauParti Patriote1834
"Alexis Bareil, dit Lajoie""Parti Patriote""1836"
NamePartyElection
Augustin Rivard-DufresneParti Canadien1792
Nicholas MontourTory Party1796
Mathew BellTory Party1800
Michel CaronParti Canadien1804
Michel CaronParti Canadien1808
Michel CaronParti Canadien1809
Michel CaronParti Canadien1810
Étienne Le BlancParti Canadien1814
Étienne MayrandTory Party1816
Louis PicotteParti CanadienSpring 1820
Louis PicotteParti CanadienSummer 1820
Charles CaronParti Canadien1824
Charles Caron [Caron lost the 1830 election.] Parti Canadien1827
Valère GuilletParti Canadien1830
Valère GuilletParti Patriote1834
"François Lesieur Desaulniers""Parti Patriote""1836"

Footnotes

ee also

*History of Canada
*History of Quebec
*Mauricie
*Politics of Canada
*Politics of Quebec
*Saint-Maurice—Champlain Federal Electoral District
*Saint-Maurice Provincial Electoral District
*Shawinigan


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